Culinary utensil



March 6, 1928. 1,661,974

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GEORGE J. SIMON, OFST. LOUTSQMISSOURI.

CULINARY UTENSIL.

Application filed March 19, 1927. Seria1 No. 1 76,t302.

This invention relates to culinary utensils and more particularly to a device for turnthe turner blades and the actuating mecha= nism can, for the main portion, be formed from a single length of spring wire.

These and other ObJBClES l attain by the construction shown in the accompanying? drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of myinvention and wherein:

Figure l isa plan view of a culinary utensil constructed in accordance with my in vention; v

Figure 2 is a section on the line. 2-2 of Figure l; p v t .Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1 Figure 4 is a fragmentary side elevation of the forward end of the utensil.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 generally designates a handle formed by bending aresilient wire in U.shape. the arms 11 of the U is slightly shorter than the other arm and is provided at its terminus with a head 12 directed transversely of the U. From the center of this head, a

depending arm 13 extends, this arm having at its lower end an eye 14; receiving a bearing 15 at a groove 16 formed therein. It will be obvious from an inspection of Figure 2, that the head 12, arm 13 and eye 1 1 can all be formed from the same length of wire from which the handle 10 is formed, by first bending the terminal portion of the arm 11 transversely of the U to provide a transverse bar 17. The free end of the bar 17 is reverted, as at 18, in spaced relation to the bar 17 and extends to a point approxi mately centrally to the bar. From this point, it is bent'downwardly to form a por tion of the arm 13, as indicated at 19. It is then bent to form the eye 14, after which it extends upwardly in parallel relation to the bar 19 to the level of the revert 18. It is then bent at right angles to form a continuation 20 of this revert and its free end The end of one of is secured to the arm 11 thebar l7 therewith.

It will be obvious that this construction will provide in the head a transversely extending slot- 21. The'longer arm 22 of the U extends outwardly over the head 12 and is then reverted in spaced relation, as indicated at 23. This revert is passedthrough thelslot 21 formed in the head and at the inner face of the head'is provided with a downwardly extending arm 2 1.v Directed through the bearing 15 is a shaft 25, whichis provided at one end of the bearing with an enlargement 26 and at the opposite or rear endof the hearing has secured theretoanarm 27 having a slot 28 formed therein. Thelower end of the arm 24 has an angular extension '29 extending into the slot 28 ofthefarm. The forward end of the shaft-has secured thereto a blade 30, such as is ordinarily apat the junction of pliedto culinary turners. The armsof-the being formed of spring material, the arm 22 normally has its revert 23 disposed at that end of the slot remote from the arm 11 and whenthe arm 22 is in itsnormal position, the blade 30 is in a plane parallelto the handle 10 and has one face thereof arranged uppermost. By applying pressure to the arms22 and 11, causing the same to move toward one another, it will be obvious that the connection of th-e arm 24 with the arm 28 of the shaft will cause this shaft to be oscillated, thereby oscillating the blade through substantially one-half of one revolution and causing an article supported thereby to be inverted. As soon as the pres sure is released, the blade returns to itsnornial position.

It will be obvious that a device ofthis character may be very readily and cheaply produced and will be durable and eflicient in service. Itwill furthermore be obvious that the construction hereinbefore set forth is capable of a certain rangeo't change and modidisposed in a having a transversely extending slot, an arm arm of the handle being extended through the slot of the head and having a depending arm'thelower end of which is'engaged in'the slot of the arm of the shaft, the lasttnamed "arm 'of'the blade by its inherent resiliency being normally disposed at, the end "of i the slot remote from the first nainedarin of. the

handle, said, blade, when the lasit nained'arm of the handle is in" normal position, being plane substantially paralleling thehandleu 2." A culinary utensil? of the fehajracterdescribed including a handlecoinprising substantially U-shaped resilient element, oneof the arms of thehan'dle being shorter than the other and being provided with a head extending' t r anaversely of theU, said head havinga transversely extending slot, an arm 4 "depending "from the head, a bearing supported from the lower end of the arm, a

shaft rotatablein said bearing" and having a blade upon one end thereof and upon the opposite end thereof an arm provided with ongitudinally extending slot, the other arm of-the handle being extended through the slot of the head and having ade'pending arm'the lowerendot' which is engaged in the slot of-the arm of the shaftfithe last namedfarmof'the blade by its inherent resiliency being normally disposed at the end of the'slot remote from the first named arm of the handle, said blade, when the last named arm of the handle is in normal position, being disposed in a plane substantmlly paralleling the handle, said bearing having a circumferential slot, the lower end of the arm dependingirom the head receiving the hearing at said slot.

3.-A culinary utensil of the character described including a handle comprising a substantially U-shaped resilient element, one of the arms of the handle being shorter than thee other'aind being'provided with a head extending transversely of the U, said head having a transversely extending slot, anarm depending from the head, a bearing supported from the lower end of the arm, a shaftrotatablein said bearing and having a blade upon one end thereof andnpon the opposite end thereof an arm provided with a longitudinally extending'slot, the other arm of the handle being extended through the slot of the head and having a depending arm the lower end of which is engaged in the slot of the arm of the shaft, the last named arm of the blade hy'its inherent resiliency being normally disposed at the end of the slot remote from the first named arm of the handle, said blade, when the last named arm of the handle is'in normal position, being disposedin a plane substantially paralleling the handle, said head, its arm and eye receiving the bearin being formed integrally with the end offiie lirstnnirucd arm of the handle.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature.

GEORGE J. SIMON. 

